See also

Robert Carpenter HEARD [6175] (1815-1883)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • 1815

  • Beaford, Devon

  • Baptism:

  • 24 Dec 1815 (age 0)

  • Beaford, Devon1,2

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 25)

  • Bridgewater, Somerset3

  •  

  • Address: Bath Road

    Robert HEARD 25 a BkSmith from outside the county was with Joseph CHANT 30 a Wheeelwright and his family.

  • Occupation:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 25)

  • blacksmith; Bridgewater, Somerset3

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 35)

  • Weston Zoyland, Somerset4

  •  

  • Address: Moorlands

    Robert HEARD 35 a Working Engineer from Beaford was with wife Mary and children Robert 9 a Scholar from Bridgewater, Edwin 7 and Mary 6 both Scholars, Sarah Ann 4 and Sabina 2 from Weston Zoyland.

  • Occupation:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 35)

  • working engineer4

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 45)

  • Weston Zoyland, Somerset5

  •  

  • Address: Moorland

  • Occupation:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 45)

  • working engineer for land drainage5

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 55)

  • Weston Zoyland, Somerset6

  •  

  • Address: AM & WJ Drainage / The Zoy Drainage

  • Occupation:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 55)

  • drainage engine driver6

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 65)

  • Weston Zoyland, Somerset7

  •  

  • Address: House No. 68

  • Occupation:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 65)

  • engine driver A M Att7

  • Death:

  • Q2 1883 (age 67-68)

  • Bridgewater District, Somerset8

Marriage

  • Spouse:

  • Mary WESTLAKE (1814?- )

  • Children:

  • Robert HEARD (1842?- )

  •  

  • Edwin HEARD (1844?- )

  •  

  • Mary Jane HEARD (1845?- )

  •  

  • Sarah Ann HEARD (1847?- )

  •  

  • Sabina Elizabeth HEARD (1849?- )

  •  

  • Clifford HEARD (1852?- )

  •  

  • Walter John HEARD (1856?- )

  • Marriage:

  • 9 Oct 1841 (age 25-26)

  • Bristol, Gloucestershire9,10

  •  

  • Address: St James

Individual Note

 

See our pages on HEARD Blacksmiths

and descents from George HEARD

 

 

Sources

1.

Beaford Parish Register PR4 Baptisms 1813-1855, (Microfiche). Entry 64. North Devon Record Office, Tuly Street,

Barnstable,

Devon,

EX31 1EL. Tel: 01271 388607/8, Email: ndevrec@devon.gov.uk, Web: www.devon.gov.uk/record_office.htm.

2.

Rebecca HILTON, Email 25 Jul 2005, (email dated 25 Jul 2005). Cit. Date: 25 July 2005. Computer Documents, C:\My Documents\Family Historian\.

3.

PRO, Census UK 1841 Bridgewater, Somerset HO107/ 971/5 fo 37 (Bath Road), (HO107/ 971/ 5 fo37 p19). Ancestry.co.uk.

4.

PRO, Census UK 1851 Weston Zoyland, Somerset HO107/1924 fo493 (Moorlands), (HO107/1924 fo493 p25). Ancestry.co.uk.

5.

PRO, Census UK 1861 Weston Zoyland, Somerset RG 9/1623 fo 66 (Moorland), (RG 9/1623 fo 66 p12). Ancestry.co.uk.

6.

PRO, Census UK 1871 Weston Zoyland, Somerset RG10/2384 fo 69 (Drainage), (RG10/2384 fo 69 p14). Ancestry.co.uk.

7.

PRO, Census UK 1881 Weston Zoyland, Somerset RG11/2373 fo 59, (RG11/2373 fo 59 p11). Ancestry.co.uk.

8.

FreeBMD website for GRO index of Births / Marriages / Deaths. June qtr 1883 Bridgewater 5c 285. FreeBMD Website.

9.

Ibid. Cit. Date: Q4 1841. FreeBMD Website.

10.

Find My Past Parish Records Collection. Find My Past. Web: www.findmypast.co.uk.

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